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🚨Careful, you might get hooked… Four weeks ago, we announced our investment in William Eldin, Sylvain Montoro, and their fantastic team—XXII’s revolutionary project for #AI #computervision. XXII enables uses cases such as: Client detection for retail, Supply chain optimisation, Traffic Management optimisation (Transport), Public and Private spaces Security (Transport, Défense & Security and Industry & Services) Today, we are proud to bring both XXII and the group Sopra Steria Ventures Sopra Steria Sopra Steria Next CS GROUP voices and faces into the great ambitions of this strategic partnership. Better keep watching to stay on track for what’s to come 😎

EU bets €200B on AI—game changer for Europe? YES. THOUSAND YES. What an honor as a gold sponsor of Business Day - #AIActionSummit at STATION F to have been front and center to explore the vision, creativity, and AI entrepreneurship of 3000 players, +4500 people. We are amazed but, first and foremost, grateful... ...to have presented, alongside Maya Noël, CEO of France Digitale, and Socheat Chhay, MD of Sopra Steria Ventures, at the results of the French AI startup mapping 2025. French AI is tangible: it creates jobs, it is across the whole value chain (not only LLMs) and industry applications ...to have (re)met YOU: 🔥 William Eldin and Sylvain Montoro - XXII 🔥 Théau Peronnin - Alice & Bob 🔥 Raphael Frisch, PhD - HawAI.tech 🔥 Constant Razel - Exxa 🔥 Katya Lainé - TALKR 🔥 Nathalie Birocheau - Ircam amplify 🔥 Paul DeKeyser - Stellar 🔥 Norbert DUCROT - Middl.AI 🔥 Anastasia Stasenko - pleias 🔥 Marie Paindavoine, PhD - Skyld AI 🔥 Daphné Marnat - Unbias ia 🔥 Vincent Barbot - Ebiose AI 🔥 Cyrille Kabbara - Shark Robotics 🔥 Chahram Becharat - Craft AI 🔥 Fariha Shah - Cominty 🔥 Michel Kurek - Multiverse Computing …to have listened to Emmanuel Macron Clara Chappaz sam altman A big congratulations to France Digital for pulling it off and making for months to come, France as capital of AI! For those who could not be there, Startups (for enterprises) send us your pitch at : 📧[email protected]

🇬🇧 It was an honor to be part of the exceptional gathering at the British Embassy Paris, bringing together Government officials, AI startups, scale-ups, unicorns and industry leaders from UK and France ahead of the AI Action Summit. 🇫🇷 👏Many thanks for the precious insights from Minister for AI Feryal Clark, Clare Barclay (Chair, Industrial Strategy Advisory Council), and Audrey Herblin-Stoop (Head of Global Public Affairs, Mistral AI). 🎙️Socheat Chhay, our Managing Director, had the chance to go through thrilling discussions on the topic of UK-France AI and its expansions channels. Really glad to have connect with the speakers at the table Carolyn Esser, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Darktrace Kevin Alster, Strategic Adviser, Synthesia Dr. Cara Antoine, Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer for Northern & Central Europe, Capgemini Sultan Murad Saidov, Co-Founder & President, Beamery Brent Clickard, PhD, Global Head of Growth AI & Data Science, HSBC Innovation Banking Christopher Sanderson, Head of Customer Insights Solutions, Quantexa Alex Geddes, Senior Sales Lead, AutogenAI Paul Hollands, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, AXA UK Thank you as well Sue Daley OBE, Director of Tech and Innovation of techUK, for the animation of the roundtable. Let’s catch up soon! Éric Pasquier Cyril Malargé Mohammed Sijelmassi Fabrice Asvazadourian John Neilson Yves Nicolas Jay Morris Patrick Meyer Isabelle PONS Bruno Maillot Michel Poujol David Maurange Erika Bannerman Sue-Ellen Wright Fiz Yazdi Yann Metz-Pasquier Delphine Jarrige

🔥 Immensely proud to be part of the TECH&FEST’s event in Grenoble! This was the perfect moment to oficialise Sopra Steria’s partnerships with La French Tech Alpes and Le Village by CA in Savoie to collaborate on the local innovation ecosystem. 😎 It is always a huge pleasure to connect with the cool kids of la La French Tech —special thanks to Julie Huguet, Laura COLOMBAT, and Romain Gentil for the organisation of Sopra Steria and Sopra Steria Ventures presentations to all regional representative but all the team involved. 💎 What truly makes this edition remarkable are the talented gems who have presented their projects (greatly organised by JeanMarc Soustre (iVentures Capital) and Mathieu Viallard (Axeleo Capital (AXC)) over the past two days. Socheat Chhay, our MD, was front and center as a jury member and reverse pitching on Sopra Steria Ventures. Thanks for the wake-up call: Dean Curtis - Ingage ⚡️ Maud Vinet - Quobly ⚡️ gilbert saada - menta ⚡️ Jean-Sebastien Moulet - Wormsensing ⚡️ Jean-Philippe Attané - Nellow ⚡️ Gauthier Chicot - DIAMFAB ⚡️ Vincent Bligny - Aniah ⚡️ Mathieu Rimaud - Twinsight ⚡️ Philippe Bordeau - Saxol ⚡️ Fanny Turlure - nawu diagnostics ⚡️ David Weber - IC GREEN ⚡️ Andrea Ballabio - EYE4NIR ⚡️ Constantin Kauffmann - oculai ⚡️ Amaël Cohades, PhD - CompPair Technologies Ltd.

🚀 Sopra Steria Ventures is coming to the AI Action Summit as an official sponsor alongside France Digitale, Bpifrance, STATION F, numeum and République française! 📍 February 11th at Station F - Paris 📢 We’ll be at #AIBusinessDay as part of the AI Action Summit, bringing together 3,000 key economic players: startups, corporates, investors, SMEs, and public stakeholders. 🔥 Why connect with us? We’re looking to partner with AI tech startups and forward-thinking VC/CVCs. We invest in and collaborate with NextGen B2B/B2G startups (AI, Quantum, AR/VR) serving the industries of aerospace, defense & security, financial services & transports. 📅 Let’s meet! Find us at the event or reach out directly to Socheat, Antonio, Clementine, Marie, Ann-Ly, and Joseph for a coffee chat. 👉 Can’t make it? Drop us a message at [email protected] Clara Chappaz Maya Noël Julie Huguet Margot Dessus Arthur Nègre Laure de Clebsattel Pauline Barles Maurine Riou Éric Pasquier Cyril Malargé Mohammed Sijelmassi Fabrice Asvazadourian Beatrice Mandine Yves Nicolas Forestier Hervé Yann Gloriau Bruno Maillot Isabelle PONS Jay Morris Patrick Meyer Baptiste Lefort David Maurange Jean-Luc Gibernon Bruno Favresse Simon Marsol Valérie Dehlinger Dorian Goulet Mung Ki Woo Solenne Bonnet

🚀 Portrait of startup founders shaping the future of Tech! 🖼️ Get to know more about Théau, CEO of Alice & Bob, the French gem capable of standing up to the GAFAM in the quantum computing race, supported by Sopra Steria 🌟 "We would have regretted it too much if we hadn’t tried, and who knows, we might even succeed.” states Théau, reflecting both humbleness and a powerful north star in driving Alice&Bob’s journey. ✨ A glimpse into his journey: 🎓 From Passion to Purpose: In high school, Théau’s two academic passions were electronics and physics. Though he believed he was born 40 years too late to contribute meaningfully to electronics, his arrival at École Polytechnique introduced him to the revolutionary potential of quantum computing. During his last year of specialisation then thesis, he joined Ecole normale supérieure where he met his friend and soon-to-be co-founder Raphaël Lescanne. 💼 A physicist-turned-entrepreneur: Coming from a family with a strong business background but no scientific ties, Théau jokingly assumes that finding a path as a physicist-entrepreneur feels somewhat like getting on the right track. He blends the best of both worlds—and he’s done so with impressive success. 🔗 Want to learn more about Théau? Check out his unique vision on quantum computing (🇫🇷🎧) 👉 https://lnkd.in/efewsHZU Éric Pasquier Mohammed Sijelmassi Cyril Malargé Beatrice Mandine Fabrice Asvazadourian Forestier Hervé Grégory Wintrebert Guillaume Blot Stéphane Le Cam Mung Ki Woo Charles Praud Michèle Korošec Valérie Dehlinger Didier Le Guirriec Philippe Blanc Thierry Gohon Niccolò Coppola Socheat Chhay Yann Metz-Pasquier Antonio CHEN T. H. Delphine Jarrige Clementine Grossetete Marie Pellevoizin Ann-Ly Decoux Joseph Padgett, Phil Roche Morgane Chambon Imogen Layther

Delighted to be the exclusive partner and contributor of… 🎉 … the very expected official France AI startup mapping of France Digitale x Sopra Steria Ventures - 2025 edition! 🎯 750+ AI startup gems have been identified across France to set the pace for the coming years. 🚀 40% of these AI startups have potential synergies with Sopra Steria’s main sectors which means tons of opportunities to partner together. More than ever, alliances between corporates and AI startups are key for joint R&D and distribution . In some cases, Sopra Steria has accounted for some +30% of startups new revenues. 💥 Congrats: Albert Accenta.ai AKUR8 Algoan Build38 Descartes Underwriting Deepki Doctolib GLIMPS LightOn Matawan Safran.AI (ex Preligens) Quantum Signals Scality smartpush Smartway WeMaintain | Certified B Corp XXII Zaion Access the mapping here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFP8nNdZ AI Startups, contact us at: [email protected] to look for potential synergies together We will contact you anyway 😎 Many thank for this insightful and precious collaboration Maya Noël France Digitale and our ecosystem Clara Chappaz, Julie Huguet La French Tech, Bpifrance Éric Pasquier, Cyril Malargé, Fabrice Asvazadourian, Mohammed Sijelmassi, Xavier Pecquet, Beatrice Mandine, Yves Nicolas, Forestier Hervé, Grégory Wintrebert, Benoît Chatelain, Valérie Dehlinger, Josselin DEMESSINE, Olivier TARRIT, Eric BIERRY, Edgar Dahdah, Ghislain Haurat

😼 Portfolio’s news! Thrilled to deepen our support for Alice & Bob’s journey as one of the global leaders in the race for quantum computing with integrated error correction. Congratulations on securing funding from AXA VENTURE PARTNERS, Future French Champions, Bpifrance, Elaia, Breega, Supernova Invest, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA), Techmind, Open CNP and now Sopra Steria. Big shoutouts to Théau Peronnin, Raphaël Lescanne, and the entire Alice & Bob team—you’re crushing it! 💥 Find out more on our Press Release 👉 https://lnkd.in/ef53acN8 Éric Pasquier, Mohammed Sijelmassi, Cyril Malargé, Kathleen Clark , Fabrice Asvazadourian, Beatrice Mandine, Forestier Hervé, Guillaume Blot Stéphane Le Cam Yann Metz-Pasquier Valérie Dehlinger, Josselin DEMESSINE, Charles Praud, Michèle Korošec, Grégory Wintrebert, Mung Ki Woo Dorian Goulet

Delighted to be the exclusive partner and contributor of… 🎉 … the very expected official France AI startup mapping of France Digitale x Sopra Steria Ventures - 2025 edition! 🎯 750+ AI startup gems have been identified across France to set the pace for the coming years. 🚀 40% of these AI startups have potential synergies with Sopra Steria’s main sectors which means tons of opportunities to partner together. More than ever, alliances between corporates and AI startups are key for joint R&D and distribution . In some cases, Sopra Steria has accounted for some +30% of startups new revenues. 💥 Congrats: Albert Accenta.ai AKUR8 Algoan Build38 Descartes Underwriting Deepki Doctolib GLIMPS LightOn Matawan Safran.AI (ex Preligens) Quantum Signals Scality smartpush Smartway WeMaintain | Certified B Corp XXII Zaion Access the mapping here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eFP8nNdZ AI Startups, contact us at: [email protected] to look for potential synergies together We will contact you anyway 😎 Many thank for this insightful and precious collaboration Maya Noël France Digitale and our ecosystem Clara Chappaz, Julie Huguet La French Tech, Bpifrance Éric Pasquier, Cyril Malargé, Fabrice Asvazadourian, Mohammed Sijelmassi, Xavier Pecquet, Beatrice Mandine, Yves Nicolas, Forestier Hervé, Grégory Wintrebert, Benoît Chatelain, Valérie Dehlinger, Josselin DEMESSINE, Olivier TARRIT, Eric BIERRY, Edgar Dahdah, Ghislain Haurat

[🗞️🇫🇷 FRENCH - A must-read from Maddyness' bookshelf] In recent years, investors have tightened their criteria, creating a challenging environment for European startups to scale. Socheat Chhay, a former employee at ETF Securities—a startup that later became a unicorn during the 2007–2009 recession—and the founder of a cleantech startup in 2011, which faced its own revenue and governance challenges, shares lessons and advice drawn from his experiences. To learn more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8WZ5zjP